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Mental Health Notes

July 2nd, 2008

Update: Cuts To Medicaid Mental Health Services Halted

According to a Mental Health America email I received this morning,
[…] the Senate sweepingly adopted a bill that will halt long-threatened cuts to Medicaid mental health services. The Senate action blocking implementation of harmful Medicaid regulations came on the heels of House approval of a supplemental funding bill that included the regulation moratorium. Despite earlier […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 4 comments

June 23rd, 2008

Update: Senate And House Reach Historic Agreement On Mental Health Parity

From the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance Action Alert I received last night:
We are delighted to announce that the Senate and the House negotiators have reached a historic agreement on the Mental Health Parity compromise bill. Since early March, when the Senate passed its own version of the bill, S. 558, the House and Senate […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 0 comments

May 29th, 2008

Mental Health Humor Update: Chato B. Stewart’s Take On Peer-To-Peer Support

Aaaaahahahahahaha!
My Internet buddy and fellow buster of stigma Chato B. Stewart is a seriously talented mental health cartoonist, and he’s cracked me up again. Check out Chato’s newest mental health cartoon in his blog post Support: Cartoon-A-Thon By: Chato B. Stewart For Mental Health Month.
While you’re there, make yourself comfortable. In addition to his Web […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 4 comments

May 19th, 2008

Mental Health Parity Update: DBSA Advocacy Alert

The House of Representatives and the Senate have both passed their versions of Mental Health Parity (H.R. 1424 and S. 558, respectively); however, in a recent Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) Advocacy Alert, we’re reminded that the battle for Mental Health Parity isn’t quite finished, especially given the limited number of legislative days the […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 0 comments

May 17th, 2008

Saturday Sanity: Light Your Fire

Here at Mental Health Notes and b5media’s Health & Wellness Channel, it’s become the trend for every week to feel just as busy - if not busier - than the last. I love it, mind you. I just think I need to sit down and seriously re-evaluate my current system of organization.
Anyway, on to what […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 2 comments

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